UK consultancy, global markets

Disciplined trading systems that actually work.

Excelsior Consultancy is the UK firm trusted by private clients, prop-funded operators, and fintech businesses to design, deploy, and operate systematic trading. Scoped engagements. Verifiable numbers. No salespeople.

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The problem

Where trading-product firms usually go wrong.

Most clients arrive with the same four frustrations. Each one is fixable; almost none are addressed honestly elsewhere.

Issue 01

Hidden drawdown

Performance is quoted; the worst week isn't. A 6.5% maximum drawdown limit is meaningless if you don't know whether it's been hit and when.

Issue 02

"Set and forget" theatre

Systems sold as hands-off rarely are. Prop firm rule changes, broker outages, and parameter drift all need attention. Pretending otherwise hides risk.

Issue 03

Marketing dressed as research

Backtests cherry-picked to the best year. Slippage assumed at zero. Live results merged with simulation. The numbers stop meaning anything.

Issue 04

No accountability

You speak to a sales rep, then an account manager, then a support inbox. Nobody who actually runs the system is ever in the room.

The approach

How we work differently.

Three principles applied to every engagement, regardless of size or shape.

Principle 01

Verifiable, not aspirational

Every performance figure we cite is backed by a broker statement or an audited backtest. The worst week appears with the same prominence as the best. If we can't verify it, we don't claim it.

Principle 02

Production-first systems

Strategies are designed for live execution from day one. Slippage, commission, broker quirks, and rule changes are part of the build, not a footnote on a marketing page.

Principle 03

Direct accountability

You speak to the team that does the work. No salespeople, no scripted calls, no white-label sub-contracts. The people running your strategy are the same people on the discovery call.

Services

Four practice areas.

Advisory and execution across the trading ecosystem. Every engagement runs through the same five-phase method.

Algorithmic trading advisory

Strategy selection, parameter configuration, broker integration, and post-deployment review for clients running systematic strategies. We work with our own published product where it fits, or what the client already has.

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Account management

Cloud-based execution of an agreed strategy across the client's nominated live or prop-funded accounts. The client keeps their broker credentials; the operational risk sits with us.

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Prop firm advisory

Firm selection, evaluation strategy, drawdown-aware sizing, and the path through to funded payouts. Configuration matters more than strategy; every firm has different rules.

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Fintech consulting

Trading infrastructure for other firms. Broker connectivity, cloud execution, systematic strategy work. Engagements are scoped against a written brief and priced as fixed-scope or retainer.

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Flagship product

Algo by Excelsior.

A mechanical trading system for Nasdaq and Gold, built in-house and run on real capital since 2023. Verified figures, published spec.

Dual-logic architecture · Classic ORB breakouts as the primary entry path, Revised FVG limit entries as the backup. Designed for live execution from day one: slippage, commission, broker quirks, and prop-firm rules are part of the build, not a footnote.

  • Gold MT5 The Elite-tier core · COMEX Gold, TradingView indicator included £2,000
  • FX bot Add the foreign-exchange engine to the same architecture +£500
  • Crypto bot Compounding-growth engine for when Gold or FX has established a base +£1,000
  • Cloud Automation We run the bot · You keep your broker credentials £150 / account
Profit factor 3.59
Win rate 73.47%
Max DD 12.02%
View Algo by Excelsior → Verified · 365-day backtest · audit available
How it works

From first call to live execution.

Three stages, written down at each step. The next stage doesn't begin until the previous one is signed off.

01

Discovery

Fifteen-minute call. We listen to the specific problem and tell you straight whether we're the right fit.

02

Scoped engagement

Written brief covering deliverables, timelines, and price. Nothing begins until you've signed off on what you're getting.

03

Deploy and review

Execution against the brief, integration verified live. Quarterly reviews from then on, with documented adjustments.

Track record

What you can verify, before you book.

Numbers we publish about the firm itself. Trading-strategy performance figures live on the product site, where they can be audited line by line.

Operating since
2023

UK firm, real capital, every engagement documented.

Practice areas
04

Advisory, account management, prop firm, fintech.

Engagement method
05

Phases. Each one closed before the next begins.

Written briefs
100%

Of engagements, before any work starts.

Why us

Four reasons clients stay.

Published numbers

Performance figures are sourced from broker statements and audited backtests, with the worst periods kept visible.

Brief before build

Every engagement starts with a written brief. Scope, deliverables, and price are agreed in advance.

Direct access to the team

You speak to the people who run the work. No layered org chart, no white-label sub-contractors.

Compliance up front

FCA status, risk warnings, and limitations are stated clearly. We're not regulated advisers and we don't pretend to be.

Words from clients

What clients say after the work lands.

A selection of unattributed comments from completed engagements. Real testimonials, real names available on request.

The first consultancy I've worked with that publishes the worst week as readily as the best. The discovery call was the most useful 15 minutes I've spent on this in a year.

DM
Private client Prop-funded operator · London

We needed broker integration done once and handed over. They scoped it in writing, delivered on the timeline, and documented every component. No drama.

SF
Founder Fintech start-up · Manchester

Took my Apex account through evaluation and into funded scaling. The configuration was firm-specific from day one; I'd previously blown two evaluations using a one-size strategy.

RK
Prop trader Multi-account operator

Quarterly review is genuinely a review, not a sales call. They show what's working, what isn't, and the adjustment they'd propose. No hard sell on the next package.

AL
Asset manager Boutique fund · Glasgow
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Contact us

Talk first, build later.

Fifteen minutes on Zoom with the team that runs the work. If it isn't a fit, we'll tell you, and route you to someone better placed.

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Fifteen-minute discovery call, no follow-up if it isn't a fit.
Written diagnostic if there's a real engagement to run.
Pricing and scope agreed in writing before any work begins.